Bøger af Ken Brown

Richard Moran knows nothing of time travel, nor has the topic ever really crossed his mind. Living in a broken down cabin with his unemployed father, Richard cares only for his daily struggles to carve a future out of his seemingly hopeless situation. As Richard's life only further unravels, he desperately turns to a lifelong family friend who gives him a gift that changes everything. That gift, however, comes with a cost and soon Richard begins to have vivid, disturbing dreams that lead him to long-hidden family secrets and a shadowy war against forces he never knew existed. New friends and new enemies arise, but he finds they are not easily distinguished. Only through his depressed father, energetic girlfriend and alcohol sodden mad scientist mentor is Richard able to resist his enemies' efforts to bribe, coerce and seduce him into giving up what truly matters most in life. Amazon rated four and a half stars. An imaginative, highly engaging book you won't want to put down.

If you could change the past would you? For Richard Moran, a frustrated young man stuck in a dead end town, this question becomes reality when he begins to have vivid, disturbing dreams of past lives and learns they give him a special ability to change time itself. Seeking to understand this power, Richard stumbles upon long-hidden family secrets and becomes embroiled in a shadowy war against forces he never knew existed. As the world seems to turn against him, Richard finds that friends and enemies are not easily distinguished, and that his opponents will do anything to get him on their side. Only through his depressed father, energetic girlfriend and alcohol sodden mad scientist mentor is Richard able to resist the enemies' efforts to bribe, coerce and seduce him into giving up what truly matters most in life.

"Boss of Me" is the story of a young boy who discovers what it means to become a successful entrepreneur. Author Ken Brown tells the story of 4th grader Joey, who, with the help of his father, schoolmates, and neighborhood friends, discovers how to overcome uncertainty about himself and his future. In the process, Joey learns the ins and outs of running a business and what success really means. One school day, Joey is assigned a presentation for Career Day. While all the other students seem to already know what they want to be, Joey has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up. He looks for guidance from his father, who owns his own business, to help him understand his potential. Joey's journey takes him from confusion and self-doubt to clarity and his own measure of success, all the while learning about important business terms and processes.Brown includes an innovative "Bossary", a glossary for bosses. "Boss of Me" is a story that will take its young readers on a relatable adventure of personal and professional growth. Its readers will gain new knowledge of business processes, and they will also learn what it means to create a plan and work hard to achieve a goal.

Gloucester, 2017. New language teacher Julie attends the school's science group, run by Peter, where a chance comment reawakens in her a childhood memory, a dream, where she is looking out over a stretch of water and experiencing feelings of sorrow and loss. As the group discusses parascience and the potential of the undiscovered world, she wonders if there might be more to it than a flight of imagination.London, 1860. George has never questioned his duty to the family fruit and vegetable trade at Covent Garden, but as the business is looking to expand he starts to envision new possibilities. He is torn between loyalty to his family and a desire to be part of the quickly modernising world. Peter and Julie begin a relationship which is troubled by a growing obsession about the past, and ideas that might question established scientific thinking. But could Julie be right about the possible connections between the past and the present? And if so, could there be present-day consequences of an 1867 disaster which occurred on the treacherous ice of Regents Park lake?

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The Right to Learn raises questions about the future of the learning society. It suggests that the rights of children and parents are not being addressed by the UK Government's concentration on a highly centralised education system.

This book consists of an expanded set of lectures on algebraic aspects of quantum groups. It particularly concentrates on quantized coordinate rings of algebraic groups and spaces and on quantized enveloping algebras of semisimple Lie algebras.